Way back when I was at Computer Science House I discovered coding caps. We were working on a Virtual Reality project (I told you it was way back
, right?). While we were working, a company called Virtuality made a stop at R.I.T. as part of a larger tour of campuses showing off their VR game.
Guess Jeans was one of the sponsors of their tour. All of us working on the VR project ended up with black baseball-ish caps that said Guess
across the front. We wore those caps all of the time we were coding.
Lately, I’ve been having trouble focusing on coding when I am gifted with some moments to spare. I thought, How about I get a coding cap?
I tried this about a year ago when I was having similar trouble. The cap didn’t really work then. The cap would itch after a few hours, and before that, I would forget I was wearing it. Once you start reading email and answering the phone in your coding cap, it loses its power.
So, today, I set out looking for a new coding cap… one that I could wear for a few hours, but one that I would notice I was wearing. I tried on a few hats. None of them felt powerful enough. They didn’t have the coding cap magic.
I grabbed a pair of lace-up, fishnet, fingerless gloves. I plan to leave one by my keyboard and the other in my purse. When it’s coding time, I’ll slip one on.
So far, they seem to work. When I reach to check email, I immediately notice my glove and stop. When the phone rings, I peek at the caller-id and decide whether it’s worth it to remove the glove. Sorry, Out of Area
: I’m coding right now, and I don’t want to have to take off my glove to hear about the great things you can do for my windshield/interest-rates/auto-warranty/credit-card-processing.
Do you have a coding cap? specific lighting? specific music?